Speech and Theatre Area of Emphasis A.S.

GENERAL EDUCATION (41 credit hours)

COMMUNICATIONS (9 credit hours)

• ENGL 1010 - English Composition I •
• ENGL 1020 - English Composition II •
• SPCH 1010 - Fundamentals of Speech •

HUMANITIES/OR FINE ARTS (9 credit hours)

• At least one course must be in Literature

•  THREE OF THE FOLLOWING: 

• ARTA 1030 - Art Appreciation •
• MUSA 1030 - Music Appreciation •
• ENGL 2130 - Survey of American Literature •
• ENGL 2230 - Survey of British Literature •
• ENGL 2310 - Survey of World Literature I •
• ENGL 2320 - Survey of World Literature II •
• ENGL 2330 - Survey of World Literature •

SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (6 credit hours)

•  TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:  

• ANTH 2010 - Introduction to Anthropology •
• COMM 1010 - Introduction to Mass Communications•
• ECON 2010 - Macroeconomics •
• ECON 2020 - Microeconomics •
• GEOG 1030 - Cultural Geography •
• GEOG 2010 - World Regional Geography•
• HPE 2340 - Wellness Perspectives and Lifestyles •
• POLS 1030 - American Government •
• POLS 2010 - State and Local Government •
• PSYC 1030 - General Psychology•
• SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology •
• SOCI 1020 - Social Problems•
• SOCI 2010 - Marriage and Family•

HISTORY (6 credit hours)

•  Option 1: 

• HIST 1010 - Survey of Western Civilization I •
• HIST 1020 - Survey of Western Civilization II •

•  Option 2: 

• HIST 1110 - Survey of World Civilization I •
• HIST 1120 - Survey of World Civilization II •

•  OR 

•   OPTION 3:  

•   TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: (taken in any order) 

• HIST 2010 - Survey of American History I •
• HIST 2020 - Survey of American History II •
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History •

NATURAL SCIENCES (8 credit hours)

BIOL 1030 can not be paired with BIOL 1110 or BIOL 1120 to meet the General Education science requirement.  (Unless otherwise noted, a sequence is not required.) 

•  TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: 

• BIOL 1030 - Introduction to Biology •
• BIOL 1110 - General Biology I •
• BIOL 1120 - General Biology II •
• BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I •
• BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II •
• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I •
• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II •
• GEOL 1030 - Survey of Geology •
• PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus Based Physics I •
• PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus Physics II •
• PHYS 2110 - Calculus Based Physics I •
• PHYS 2120 - Calculus Based Physics II •
• PSCI 1030 - Introduction to Physical Science •

MATHEMATICS (3 credit hours)

•  ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 

• MATH 1010 - Mathematics for General Studies •
• MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics •
• MATH 1630 - Finite Mathematics •
• MATH 1710 - College Algebra/Pre-Calculus I •
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I • (4 sem hrs cr)

AREA OF EMPHASIS REQUIREMENTS (19 credit hours)

• SPCH 2010 - Oral Interpretation
• SPCH 2020 - Voice and Diction
• THEA 1030 - Introduction to Theatre •
• THEA 1040 - Theatre Production
• THEA 2020 - Children’s Drama
•  General Elective 4 sem hrs cr   

 

Semester Hours Credit: 60

Note:

Students who are planning to pursue licensure in secondary education at MTSU or TTU should take EDU 2110 and EDU 1120 as prerequisites for admission to teacher education programs.